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¨¨¨¨¨¨=/&@ //////////////////////////////////////// @&/=¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^^=/†@@ @@†/=^^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^^=†@@ just off the coast to the baltic sea @@†=^^¨¨¨¨
¨^=/†&@@@@ there's a freshwater pond, secluded @@@@&†/=^¨
¨^=/†&@@@# among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the #@@@&†/=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^=†&@ limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the @&†=^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^=/†&@@@@ surrounding plains, a ninety degree @@@@&†/=^¨
¨^=/†&@@@@ drop down, down, to the midnight-black @@@@&†/=^¨
¨^=/†@@@## water. ##@@@†/=^¨
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¨^=/†&@@@# =====†† fairies live here. ††===== #@@@&†/=^¨
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¨^=//†&@@@ they speak to the sloane, caress it, @@@&†//=^¨
¨^===//†@@ urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with @@†//===^¨
¨^=/†&@@@@ longer and sharper thorns. they tell it @@@@&†/=^¨
¨¨¨=///&@@ to stay just below the grass, so that @@&///=¨¨¨
¨^=/†&@@@# the animals what come to drink the #@@@&†/=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^=†@@ water cannot see it before it draws @@†=^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^/†&@@@## their blood. closer to the pond, the ##@@@&†/^¨
¨^=/†&@@@@ sloane can grow taller, being able to @@@@&†/=^¨
¨^=/†&@@@# hide also in the juniper. #@@@&†/=^¨
¨¨^^^/††@@ @@††/^^^¨¨
¨^=/†&@@@@ the fairies will beckon the animals to @@@@&†/=^¨
¨^=/†&@@@@ push forward, tell them that they're @@@@&†/=^¨
¨^=/†&&&@@ almost at the water, that they may @@&&&†/=^¨
¨¨¨^^/&&@@ drink soon. and they will tug on the @@&&/^^¨¨¨
¨^=/†&@@@# sloane to make sure that the thorns cut #@@@&†/=^¨
¨^=/†&@@@# deep. when they finally find the path #@@@&†/=^¨
¨^=/†&@@## down between the rocks, away from the ##@@&†/=^¨
¨¨¨¨==/&@@ bushwork and into the cleft, they are @@&/==¨¨¨¨
¨^=/†&&&@@ bleeding from a thousand wounds. as @@&&&†/=^¨
¨¨¨=//†&&@ they drink from the dark water, it is @&&†//=¨¨¨
¨^=/†&@@## in turn drinking the animals blood. ##@@&†/=^¨
¨¨^^=///&@ @&///=^^¨¨
¨^=///††@@ the circle is complete, the contract @@††///=^¨
¨¨¨¨^//&@@ carried out; the animal is abandoned to @@&//^¨¨¨¨
¨^=/†&@@@# find its own way back. the bushes roots #@@@&†/=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^/&@ drink the nutrutious water. the fairies @&/^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^=/†&@@@@ dance in the sunbeams. @@@@&†/=^¨
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